Thanksgiving as a symbol of peace and kinship across nations
The piece extols Thanksgiving's deep spiritual meaning beyond gratitude for harvest. It links the holiday to wartime sacrifice, national unity, and the hope for lasting peace. It traces origins from 1621 Plymouth to Lincoln and Washington, noting 1915 as a year of relative peace and global sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
America
City of
New York
George Washington
Lincoln
Thanksgiving Feast Echoes Through Shared Family Dinner
A poem recalls a pre Thanksgiving eve in a farmhouse kitchen where Nell, Margaret, and Rose prepare a feast. The scene glows with amber quince and ruby jelly as memories rise of long years, cousins from college, and old hymns blending with gratitude for the coming day. The verses honor family labor, heritage, and the joy of gathering.
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Saint
Nell
Margaret
Rose
Nelly
Mabel Earle
Cold Comfort for the Hen Patent to cool setting hens
Ernest O Marvin of New York City has been granted a patent for a device that uses hollow nest eggs linked by tubes with cold water circulation to suppress a hen's setting instinct. The Scientific American notes the invention harms the hen. Also mentioned are light humor items about coeds in football and car smoke quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest O. Marvin
New York City
Scientific American
Why Anuric Insurance Against Sudden Death
Anuric offered by Dr. Pierce claims to cleanse kidneys, dissolve uric acid, and protect health for backache rheumatism and gout. Advertising urges urine tests for life insurance risk, promotes 50 cent packages and Dr. Pierce remedies, including Favorite Prescription, with social commentary at article end.
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Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo, N
Anuric
Dr. Pierce
Real Skin Comfort by Free Sample Emollients
An old advertisement touts fra grant super creamy emollients for tender irritated skin offering free samples by mail with Book, Address postcard, Cuticura Dept XY Boston. It also notes that wrinkles from worry come from worrying over something worry cannot help.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Ady
Bromo Quinine Ad claims a milder tonic and laxative effect
An advertisement touts LAK ALIVE BROMO QUININE as superior to ordinary Quinine for common uses. It promises no nervousness or head ringing and urges readers to look for the E W Grove signature on the 25 cent ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E W.grove
Elected Official Faces Cost Of Convincing Voters
The piece notes that an incumbent or newly elected official often spends substantial funds to persuade voters that he is the true people's choice, highlighting campaign finance dynamics and voter persuasion costs.
Dr Pierce pellets touted for liver bowels stomach
An advertisement claims Dr Pierce’s Pellets aid liver and bowels with one pellet serving as laxative and three as cathartic. A second line jokes that the silent man does not always abbreviate timber with a saw.
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Carleton Simon
Sam
Turkey
Zelda
Jele Cook
Well
Fair Cousina
Fletcher
Castoria
Soph
Warners
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Marine Epo Remedy Company
Chicago
Ee Net Pascore
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